Patent AU-2019380381-A1 (AU)
Title: Smart logistics management using blockchain
Inventor: CHENG LONG
IPC: G06Q20/00
Filed: 2019-12-13
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) 
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(43) International Publication Date W O 2020/098824 A2 
22 May 2020 (22.05.2020) W IPO I PCT 
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(72) Inventors: CHENG, Long; No. 556 Xixi Road, 8th Floor, TM), European(AL,AT, BE,BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, 
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Hangzhou,Zhejiang310000(CN). KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG).  
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(54) Title: SMART LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT USING BLOCKCHAIN 
(57) Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and appa
0ratus, including computer programs encoded on computer stor
age media, for logistic management through a blockchain net
work. One of the methods includes storing a smart contract in a 
Retrieve1 st Smart Contract Based On 810 blockchain of the blockchain network. The smart contract corre
Proposed Logistic Process sponds to a logistic process. A transaction information about a 
transaction in the logistic process is verified and validated based 
onthe smart contract and is hashed into the blockchain upon con
sensus being concluded.  
Identity Requirements On 2nd SmartContract 820 
Covering Proposed Loestic Press Based 
On Retrieved 1st Smart Contract 
Coordinate Consensus Nodes in Verifying and Validating 
Proposed 2nd Smart Contract Based On Contract '830 
Registration Consensus Algorithm 
Identified by 1st Smart Contract 
Hash Proposed 2nd Smart Contract with 
Contract ID into Blockchain 
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